Shoulder pad construction



Aug. 10, 1948. H. PoNs SHOULDER PAD CONSTRUCTION Filed May 12, 1944 INVENTOR. Ha [NE Po/vs ATTOKNEL Patented Aug. 10, 1948 OFFICE SHOULDER PAD ooNs'rRuo-Tmn p Helene Pons, New York. N. Y.

. Application May 12, ieigserial N0.535,251

This invention relates generally to garments,

and especially to an improvement in their shoulder construction. p,

The prime object of the present invention is the provision ofa substantially. freely suspended,

readily openable pocket permanently secured with its closing seam to the shoulder seam of a garment, the pocket being designed for receiving a removable pad so that when the garment is to be cleaned or washed such pad may be removed to facilitate washing of the garment and reinserted after the garment is cleansed.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a shoulder pad pocket structure for the purpose above described, wherein the parts of the pockets, preferably made of the same or similar material the garment is made from, are secured to the shoulder seam of the garment to form a bag with overlapping flaps into which a removable pad may be inserted, and wherein the bag or pocket material may be swung to either side of the seam to facilitate ironing of the shoulder garment areas.

These and further objects of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the ensuing description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of the present disclosure, and in which:

Fig. 1 illustrates a garment equipped with pad receiving shoulder pockets;

Fig. 1a is an enlarged, fragmental, cross section through a pad pocket secured to the shoulder structure;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one-half of the pocket construction;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of two overlying halves of the pocket structure;

Fig, 4 is an interior plan view of the shoulder portion of the garment to which is secured the pocket structure in its finished form with the pad inserted;

Fig, 5 illustrates a similar view as Fig. 4 showing the manner of inserting the pad into the pocket;

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view taken On line 6-6 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 4.

Referring now specifically to Figs. 1 and 1a,, numeral I 0 denotes a garment with raised shoulder portions II, which are held in their raised position by padded pockets 1!. Pad I3 is removable from pocket 12. See Fig. 1a.

The constituents of the pocket construction are best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. They con- 2 Claims. (01. 2268) s i st of two sections l4 and I5 which are adapted lapping portions or flaps [7, free top portions 18 and attaching portions l9. In sections 14 and i5 are indicated several bending lines, lines 20 between portions i1 and I 8, lines 2! between portions l8 and I9, and edge bending'lines 22 along the edges of times I1. Thesebendi'ng lines indicate where the several portions of sections l4 and I5 are folded against one another preparatory to sewing them into a pocket formation. Edges l8 and I9 are then united at the same time the shoulder seam is made, while edges l9" and H are sewed together to form the broad free end of the pocket.

The finished pocket is clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 and is substantially triangular in shape. It is designed to accommodate a triangularly shaped pad which may be inserted into the pocket by lifting the upper fiap ll, while moving the lower flap l7 aside, as indicated in Fig. '5, and then rearranging the flaps to their normal position shown in Fig. 4.

An important feature of the present invention is the manner in which the pocket is attached to the shoulder structure of the garment. The portion of the sleeve which extends downwards over the shoulder is preferably provided with a box pleat 23, which latter forms a continuation or" the shoulder seam 24, clearly seen in Fig. '7. In this figure it will be also observed that the sewedtogether edge portions W are joined with the inwardly turned edges of the garment shoulder seam. As a result the body of the pad pocket is rendered completely free of the garment material except Where it is secured to the shoulder seam thereof. It may be said that the pocket is pivotally suspended along the shoulder seam. This feature is of importance in that in the first place the padded pocket may readily accommodate itself to the shoulder of the wearer and secondly when the padding is removed from the pocket, the pocket body may be swung away from the interior shoulder material for the purpose of pressing the garment after it has been washed or cleaned. In this manner the shoulder portions of the garment may be neatly finished by ironing before the padding is reinserted into the pocket preparatory to making the garment ready for wear.

In observing Figs. 4, 5 and 6, it will be noted that at the wide portion of the pocket, the latter is somewhat boxed at 25 to accommodate the highest portion of the .pad intended to be located 3 over the end of the shoulder. Such boxing is made possible by portions IQ of the two pocket section.

In the foregoing I have described a rather specific form of my invention, although it is quite obvious that the desired results of a freely suspended pad pocket may be achieved in many other ways, and that the pocket may be formed first and then secured; to the shoulder. interior 'without makin-g use of the shoulder seam as means of suspension. I therefore reserve for myself the right to alter and improve the construction of the device, without departing from the broad principle ofrmywinvention as expressed in the annexed claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with the shoulder structure of a garment having a shoulder-seam,-of-a pad pocket associated with the interior seam portion of the structure, said pocket comprising two :sections havin two overlying portions, two other portions joined edgewise with the shoulder seam,

and two end portions joining the overlying porations with the two other portions to-form a boxed The combination with the shoulderstructure ofea garment havinga shoulder seam, of a shoulnder pad container of generally triangular shape having side edges and a base edge positioned atthe REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,273,498 Romaine nEeb. 17, 1942 2,345,527 Bayes .d Mar. 28,4944

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 207,993 Switzerland Mar. 16,1940 

